Keston Davies became Yeovil Town’s seventh signing of the summer after arriving on loan from Swansea City.

Here’s a few things you should know about the centre back.

1 - He’s a born leader

Every team needs a rock at the centre of defence and so far in his career Davies has proved to be that. He captained the Swansea Under-19 side as well as the Under-23 team at times this season.

Davies has also featured for Wales Under-19.

Yeovil Town manager Darren Way

2 - He’s a winner

Having signed Connor Smith who has won back-to-back promotions with AFC Wimbledon and Plymouth Argyle in the last two seasons, it’s clear that manager Darren Way wants to bring that winning mentality to Huish Park.

Davies seems to have that in abundance as he first played for the Swansea Under-19 side at the age of 15 and captained them to two FAW Youth Cups, scoring the opening goal during the 3-1 win over Cardiff in 2015.

He also had a successful season last campaign, winning both the Premier League 2 title and also the Premier League Cup for the Swans.

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With academy sides facing League sides in the Football League Trophy, Davies has already held his own against Football League sides so he shouldn’t take long to settle into first team action.

After initially losing 3-0 to AFC Wimbledon, Swansea came second in their group last season with wins over Newport County, 2-1, and promoted Plymouth, 2-0. Swansea then overcame Championship side Norwich’s academy 1-0 before losing to eventual winners Coventry City 4-2 on penalties in the quarter finals after drawing 1-1 on the night. Coventry were relegated to League Two last season so it won’t be too long before Davies can lock horns with both them and Newport again.

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Despite being on the book with the Welsh club since the age of eight, Davies did spend a few years away from the Liberty between the ages of 12 and 15 when he signed for Fulham’s Academy.

On the move Davies told swanseacity.com : “A move like that at such a young age was a fantastic experience, but it did make me homesick.

“The experience, though, did mean I got a taste of Category One football at a much earlier age, which was hugely beneficial towards my development.”

Davies returned to Swansea at 15 and was awarded a scholarship to play with the Under-18s before being offered a professional contract.

The new Yeovil Town away shirt features the three stars that have also been added to the club's new home kit (Image: Yeovil Town Football Club)

5 - This isn’t the first bit of business between Yeovil and Swansea

Davies isn’t the first loan signing to arrive at Huish Park from across the bridge. Last season Owain Jones made a couple of appearances as did Ryan Hedges who scored four goals in 21 games before recalled and signed Barnsley in January.

Kyle Copp came through the ranks at Swansea before Yeovil signed him on non-contract terms and made a substitute appearance in the EFL Trophy against Portsmouth before Copp moved onto Merthyr Town in 2016.

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Perhaps the biggest link between the two though was Liam Shephard who has just been signed by Peterborough. The right-back also progressed through Swansea’s academy and came on loan to Yeovil three times between 2015 and 2017 and played 38 times for the Glovers last season, scoring one goal.